Food, Farming and Rural Affairs Conferences

Upcoming Conferences of interest

I have penned below a few conferences that may be of interest to those of you in the UK interested in food, farming and rural issues:

9^th September 2014 – LGA/RSN Annual Rural Conference 2014: Sustainability out of Austerity

Crown Plaza Chester Hotel, Chester

http://www.local.gov.uk/events/-/journal_content/56/10180/6152025/EVENT

The conference will showcase the rural perspective on some of the most significant issues being debated across local government. Speakers include Dan Rogerson MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Water, Forestry, Rural Affairs and Resource Management at Defra , Duncan Sharkey, Managing Director, Worcester City Council , Jim Dixon, Chief Executive, Peak District National Park and Rob Poole of Farm Cornwall.

8^th-9^th October 2014 – Soil Association Annual Conference

STEAM – Museum of the Great Western Railway, Swindon

http://www.soilassociation.org/conferences/2014conference

This year’s conference is entitled ‘Transforming the way we eat, farm and care for the natural world’ and will focus on issues as diverse as pollinators, antibiotics, nutrition, livestock rearing and the 2015 British General Election.

24^th-25^th February 2015 – National Farmers’ Union Conference

The ICC, Birmingham

http://www.nfuonline.com/news/nfu-conference-2014/

No concrete information out about this one yet but sure to be an exciting conference for farmers, especially in a general election year.

18^th-21^st August 2015 – European Society for Rural Sociology Congress

Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre (in partnership with the James Hutton Institute)

http://www.hutton.ac.uk/news/european-society-rural-sociology-chooses-aberdeen-2015-congress

Founded in 1957, the ESRS is the leading European association for researchers, policy makers and scientists involved in the study of rural issues including: rural governance, land use change, sustainable development, natural resource management, and food production and consumption. The congress comes together to discuss these issues in depth.